A respiratory distress syndrome in newborn infants, usually premature infants with insufficient PULMONARY SURFACTANTS. The disease is characterized by the formation of a HYALINE-like membrane lining the terminal respiratory airspaces (PULMONARY ALVEOLI) and subsequent collapse of the lung (PULMONARY ATELECTASIS).
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D006819
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Hyaline Membrane Diseases
Diseases, Hyaline Membrane
Disease, Hyaline Membrane
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do not confuse with INFANTILE SYSTEMIC HYALINOSIS see HYALINE FIBROMATOSIS SYNDROME
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BL CF CI CL CO DG DH DI DT EC EH EM EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PC PP PS PX RH RT SU TH UR VE VI
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C0020192
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1
definition
A respiratory distress syndrome in newborn infants, usually premature infants with insufficient PULMONARY SURFACTANTS. The disease is characterized by the formation of a HYALINE-like membrane lining the terminal respiratory airspaces (PULMONARY ALVEOLI) and subsequent collapse of the lung (PULMONARY ATELECTASIS).
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